Tag: Distribution of income
Economists want 20,000 euros for everyone
Berlin For the 18th birthday, the state has 20,000 euros at hand for everyone: What sounds like a land of milk and honey fantasy is a well-founded proposal from the…
Economists want 20,000 euros for everyone
Berlin For the 18th birthday, the state has 20,000 euros at hand for everyone: What sounds like a land of milk and honey fantasy is a well-founded proposal from the…
With this income you belong to the top ten percent
Berlin Are you single and earn more than 3700 euros a month? Or are you a childless couple with a net income of more than 5550 euros? With this salary…
With this income you belong to the top ten percent
Berlin Are you single and earn more than 3700 euros a month? Or are you a childless couple with a net income of more than 5550 euros? With this salary…
How rich am I compared to my salary?
Berlin Are you single and earn more than 3700 euros a month? Or are you a childless couple with a net income of more than 5550 euros? With this salary…
Inequality in income drives down interest rates
Homeless man in Berlin The results of one study suggest that the main explanation for the decline in real interest rates over the past few decades is high and growing…
Middle class still large despite heavy immigration
Houses in Saxony The Bertelsmann Stiftung study sees a crumbling middle class. (Photo: dpa) Last week, the social market economy once again had bad press: ZDF reported that the “German…
The upswing increases the gap between rich and poor
View from Belziger Ring to Marzahn and the Ahrensfeld Mountains (left). When the economy is in crisis, inequality decreases. In the upswing, however, the unequal distribution of income increases. (Photo:…
Asset inflation is driving the world into a prosperity trap
This question arises when one looks at the results of a new study by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), which does not measure the prosperity of ten nations with more…
The middle class is fine, but fear of relegation is widespread
Single-family houses on the outskirts of Leipzig Income inequality in Germany has decreased slightly since 2016. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The incomes of the middle class in Germany developed positively in…
Passive income through real estate – this is how it works
If people want to increase their wealth, the first impulse is often to buy stocks. However, it can be worthwhile to look at the alternatives to the traditional securities business.…
Ifo study: Whether high earners or low-wage workers: the tax burden is falling – the state is still cashing in
The tax rates in almost all income groups in Germany are lower than they were 35 years ago. This is not a disadvantage for the state – for a reason.…